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and Steve Ruiz
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WORKING, WEAVING, FILMING
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Block Museum of Art, Northwestern University
40 Arts Circle Drive, Evanston, IL 60208
Opening Friday, March 10th, from 7PM - 9PM
Sewing Circle with Michelle Hartney
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Weinberg/Newton Gallery
688 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago IL 60642
Opening Friday, March 10th, from 5:30PM - 7:30PM
On view through Saturday, April 15th
Everyday Philanthropy: Standing in Our Truth
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Quinn Chapel AME | Chicago African Americans in Philanthropy (CAAIP)
2401 S Wabash Ave, Chicago, IL 60616
Opening Friday, March 10th, from 5PM - 7PM
Warriors of the Apocalypse
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House of the Apocalypse
1837 S Halsted St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Friday, March 10th, from 6Pm - 10PM
On view through Sunday, April 9th
Sheila Arora & Erin Kaya: Urban Abstraction
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Robin Malpass Art
410 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60605 - Studio 621
Opening Friday, March 10th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Sunday, March 12th
Sarah Dupré and Nico Rizzo: Translation of Space
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Purple Window Gallery
2233 S Throop St, #845, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Friday, March 10th, from 5PM - 9PM
On view through Thursday, March 30th
Film Screening (“Monir”) + Art Workshop
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Sabeel Center
8800 Ballard Rd, Des Plaines, IL 60016
Opening Friday, March 10th, from 7PM - 8:30PM
Mozart Immersive: The Soul of a Genius
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Lighthouse ArtSpace Chicago
108 W Germania Pl, Chicago, IL 60610
Opening Friday, March 10th, from 11AM - 7PM
On view through Monday, May 29th
The Ceiling Reposes: Album Release
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International Museum of Surgical Science
1524 N Lake Shore Dr, Chicago, IL 60610
Opening Friday, March 10th, from 7:30PM - 9PM
Sarah Krepp and Olivia Petrides: DOUBLE/FORCE
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Epiphany Center for the Arts
201 S Ashland Ave, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Friday, March 10th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, April 22nd
Michelle Stone: gather-seize
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Epiphany Center for the Arts
201 S Ashland Ave, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Friday, March 10th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, April 22nd
VOICES: Aram Han Sifuentes
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Gallery 400
400 S Peoria St, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Thursday, March 9th, from 5PM - 6:30PM
BEING BEBE (2021) with BeBe Zahara Benet & filmmaker Emily Branham
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Block Museum of Art, Northwestern University
40 Arts Circle Dr, Evanston, IL 60208
Opening Thursday, March 9th, at 5PM
Artini at Gallery Guichard
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Gallery Guichard
436 East 47th St, Chicago, IL, 60653
Opening Thursday, March 9th, from 6PM - 9PM
Friendly Faces
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Friendly Community Room
6729 Roosevelt Rd, Berwyn, IL 60402
Opening Thursday, March 9th, from 7:30PM - 10:30PM
On view through Monday, May 1st
een klein beet ji (gallery hours)
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Porous Gallery
623 S Wabash Ave, room 411, Chicago, IL 60605
Opening Thursday, March 9th, from 1PM - 3PM
Invisible Landscapes Lecture Series: Beth A. Conklin
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Neubauer Collegium for Culture and Society
5737 S University Ave, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Thursday, March 9th, from 4PM - 5:30PM
The Taxonomy of Peggy Macnamara
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Glass Curtain Gallery
1104 S Wabash Ave, 1st Floor, Chicago, IL 60605
Opening Thursday, March 9th, from 4PM - 7PM
On view through Friday, April 28th
World Cafe Featuring works from the Human | Mother | Black series
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Malcolm X College
1900 W Jackson Blvd, Chicago, IL 60612
Opening Thursday, March 9th, from 4:30PM - 8PM
Malkia Williams: Talking Bodies
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C33 Gallery-Columbia College Chicago
33 E Ida B. Wells Dr, First Floor, Chicago, IL 60605
Opening Thursday, March 9th, from 5PM - 7PM
On view through Friday, March 31st
Writing a Personal Urban History —The Importance of Genealogy and Local History for Understanding US History
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Newberry Library
60 W Walton St, Chicago, 60610
Opening Thursday, March 9th, from 6PM - 7PM
The Journey of Mollie’s War: WACs and WWII
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Illinois National Guard and Militia Historical Society
1301 N MacArthur Blvd, Springfield, IL 62702
Opening Wednesday, March 8th, from 10AM - 11AM
International Womxn’s Day: A Collective Action
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Comfort Station Logan Square
2579 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Wednesday, March 8th, from 4:30PM - 6PM
Willa Goettling: Art, Activism, and Mutual Aid
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Columbia College Chicago, Film Row Cinema
1104 S Wabash Ave, room 813, Chicago, IL 60605
Opening Wednesday, March 8th, from 6PM - 7PM
Exhibition Conversation [Online]: Ann Druyan, The Golden Record, and the Memory of Our Hearts
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Block Museum of Art, Northwestern University
Online
Opening Wednesday, March 8th, from 6PM - 7:30PM
Pour One Out: A Monthly Storytelling Series
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Volumes Bookcafe
1373 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Wednesday, March 8th, from 7PM - 8:30PM
An Evening with Sarah Schulman at Whiskey Girl Tavern
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Whiskey Girl Tavern
6318 N Clark St, Chicago, IL 60660
Opening Wednesday, March 8th, from 7PM - 8:30PM
Edith Wharton’s Lost Play: A Reading and Talkback with Ghostlight Ensemble
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Richard H. Driehaus Museum
40 E Erie St, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Wednesday, March 8th, from 6:30PM - 8:30PM
Lecture in Photography: Tom Jones
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Museum of Contemporary Photography
600 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Wednesday, March 8th, from 6PM - 7PM
Off the Chain: AWP Reception & Cave Canem Fellow Reading
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Poetry Foundation
Online
Opening Wednesday, March 8th, from 8PM - 11PM
THE DIS/AGREEMENT PROJECT: A Virtual Talk and Workshop
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Goethe-Institut Chicago
Online
Opening Wednesday, March 8th, from 12PM - 1:30PM
Ann Druyan: The Golden Record, and the Memory of Our Hearts
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Block Museum
online
Opening Wednesday, March 8th, from 6PM - 7:30PM
Homeroom Residency: Katinka Kleijn – DUO COLLISION
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Elastic Arts
3429 W Diversey Ave, #208, Chicago IL, 60647
Opening Tuesday, March 7th, at 8PM
Pedro Vaz: Lived Landscape
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Paris London Hong Kong
1709 W Chicago Ave. Chicago, IL 60642
On view through Saturday, April 22nd
OUTspoken! LGBTQ+ Storytelling
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Sidetrack The Video Bar
3349 N Halsted St, Chicago, IL 60657
Opening Tuesday, March 7th, from 7PM - 10:30PM
Forward Looking: Black Visual Artists in Conversation
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Chicago African Americans in Philanthropy (CAAIP)
Online
Opening Tuesday, March 7th, from 6PM - 7:30PM
Call and Response: Lawrence Steger’s Archive and Legacy: Artist Talk
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Gallery 400
Online
Opening Tuesday, March 7th, from 6PM - 7PM
Essential Workers
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President's Gallery, Harold Washington College
30 E. Lake St., Chicago, IL 60601
Opening Tuesday, March 7th, from 5 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.
On view through Wednesday, April 12th
Tim Waldrop: Close to Home
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Western Illinois University Art Gallery
1 University Cir, Macomb, IL 61455
Opening Tuesday, March 7th, from 4:30PM - 6PM
On view through Friday, February 24th
Collage Reflection:s Virtual Workshop
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Awakenings Art
Online
Opening Tuesday, March 7th, from 3PM - 4:30PM
Torkwase Dyson Lecture
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The Art Institute of Chicago
111 S. Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60603
Opening Tuesday, March 7th, from 6PM - 7:30PM
Jennifer Holt: In the Shadow
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UIS Visual Arts Gallery
One University Plaza, HSB 201, Springfield, IL 62703
Opening Monday, March 6th, from 11am - 6PM
On view through Thursday, April 13th
Grant Newman: When you come to a fork in the road, take it
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Haynes
3050 S Haynes Ct, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Sunday, March 5th, from 3PM - 5PM
On view through Friday, March 31st
Maggie Bridger: Lab E: Training Group
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Experimental Station
6100 S Blackstone Ave, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Sunday, March 5th, from 1PM - 3PM
Johnson Publishing Library Reading with Dr. Amy Mooney
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Stony Island Arts Bank
6760 S Stony Island Ave, Chicago, IL 60649
Opening Sunday, March 5th, from 3PM - 4PM
Artist Talk: Concentrate and Ask Again
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Heaven Gallery
1550 N Milwaukee Ave, Second Floor
Opening Sunday, March 5th, from 12PM - 1PM
On view through Sunday, April 16th
Zachary Rawe: Allegedly Sister Perpetua’s Grey Habits
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RUSCHWOMAN
2100 S Marshall Blvd. Chicago IL 60623
Opening Sunday, March 5th, from 3PM - 6PM
On view through Sunday, April 23rd
Transformations
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Evanston Art Center
1717 Central St, Evanston, IL 60201
Opening Sunday, March 5th, from 1PM - 4PM
On view through Sunday, April 9th
A Flatfiles Show
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Goldfinch
319 N Albany Ave, Chicago, IL 60612
Opening Sunday, March 5th, from 2PM - 5PM
On view through Saturday, April 15th
Sarah Leuchtner: SEQUENTIAL ESCAPES
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Goldfinch
319 N Albany Ave, Chicago, IL 60612
Opening Sunday, March 5th, from 2PM - 5PM
On view through Saturday, April 15th
Irene Wa: CRISÁLIDA DE SAL
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Goldfinch
319 N Albany Ave, Chicago, IL 60612
Opening Sunday, March 5th, from 2PM - 5PM
On view through Saturday, April 15th
Chicago Reel Black Filmmakers South Side Film Short Series
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Harris (Harriet) Park
6200 S Drexel Ave, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Saturday, March 4th, from 2PM - 4PM
lens 2023
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Perspective Gallery
1310-1/2 Chicago Ave, Evanston, IL 60201
Opening Saturday, March 4th, from 5PM - 7PM
On view through Sunday, March 26th
Jamie Woodward
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The David Strawn Art Gallery
331 West College Ave, Jacksonville, IL 62650
On view through Sunday, March 26th
Art Talks! With Block Student Associates – On Wavelengths
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Block Museum of Art, Northwestern University
40 Arts Circle Dr. Evanston, IL 60208
On view through Sunday, July 9th
Deem Symposium | Designing for Dignity: A Convening of Possibilities
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Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
220 E Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Saturday, March 4th, from 10AM - 6PM
The Legacy of Gwen Araujo: A Conversation with Sylvia Guerrero
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National Museum of Mexican Art
1852 W 19th St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Saturday, March 4th, from 3PM - 5PM
Sor Juana Festival 2023
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National Museum of Mexican Art
1852 W 19th St, Chicago, IL 60608
On view through Saturday, May 13th
Armando Román: Crawling Through Glass
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Comfort Station Logan Square
2579 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Saturday, March 4th, from 4PM - 7PM
On view through Sunday, March 26th
Rough House presents: Puppets in Progress
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Comfort Station Logan Square
2579 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Saturday, March 4th, from 1PM - 3PM
Roe 2.0 – It Ain’t Over Yet!: Artist Walkthrough and Closing Reception
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Woman Made Gallery
Lacuna Lofts 2150 S Canalport Ave. 4A-3 4th Floor, 60608 Dial 354 at North Entrance to Enter
Opening Saturday, March 4th, from 2PM - 4PM
On view through Saturday, March 4th
The time has come, to talk of many things…
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ACRE Projects
2439 S Oakley Ave, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Saturday, March 4th, from 5PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, March 25th
Graduate Exhibition One
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SAIC Galleries
33 E Washington St, Chicago, IL 60602
Opening Saturday, March 4th, from 12PM - 5PM
On view through Wednesday, March 8th
WEIRD AND WEIRDER
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Agitator Gallery
3851 W Fullerton Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Saturday, March 4th, from 6PM - 10PM
On view through Friday, March 24th
Karen Dana Cohen, Jaclyn Jacunski, Cydney Lewis: Make sure I’m there when you open your eyes
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Tiger Strikes Asteroid
2233 S Throop St, Unit 419, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Saturday, March 4th, from 1PM - 4PM
On view through Saturday, April 15th
Hot Pink Platter
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AIR Gallery
348 Tudor Ct, Glencoe, IL 60022
Opening Saturday, March 4th, from 5PM - 7PM
On view through Saturday, April 1st
Meg Lipke: Moon Tempo
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DOCUMENT
1709 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, March 3rd, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, April 22nd
Bloom
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Povos Chicago
2000 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Friday, March 3rd, from 5PM - 7PM
On view through Sunday, April 2nd
Barbara Stauffacher Solomon: I DO
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Volume Gallery
1709 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60642
Opening Friday, March 3rd, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, April 22nd
Richard Hull: Mirror and Bone
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Western Exhibitions
1709 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60642
Opening Friday, March 3rd, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, April 22nd
Be-Longing: The Work of Indira Freitas Johnson
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The Art Center Highland Park
1957 Sheridan Rd, Highland Park, IL 60035
On view through Saturday, April 8th
Community Night: Reproductive Freedom Patches and Pins
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Weinberg/Newton Gallery
688 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago IL 60642
Opening Friday, March 3rd, from 5PM - 7PM
On view through Saturday, April 15th
Winter Survival
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The Plan
600 N Albany Ave, Chicago, IL 60612
On view through Monday, April 3rd
YEAR 10
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Side Street Studio Arts
15 Ziegler Ct, Elgin, IL 60120
Opening Friday, March 3rd, from 6PM - 9PM
Hot CIAO X
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Studios on Sheridan
929 N Sheridan Rd, Peoria, IL 61606
Opening Friday, March 3rd, from 5PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, April 15th
ONE IMAGE, TWO ACTS (2020) with filmmaker Sanaz Sohrabi
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Block Museum of Art
40 Arts Circle Dr, Evanston, IL 60208
Opening Friday, March 3rd, at 7PM
Ceyó: Closing Reception
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Chicago Artists Coalition
2130 W Fulton St, Unit B, Chicago, IL 60612
Opening Friday, March 3rd, from 6PM - 8PM
On view through Friday, March 3rd
John Pittman: Orchestrations
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Regards
2216 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, March 3rd, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, April 15th
SCAFFOLD presents: Mirror Gate by Maria Burundarena
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Comfort Station Logan Square
2579 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Friday, March 3rd, from 7PM - 10PM
On view through Friday, March 24th
DEE CLEMENTS: Chthulucene
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65GRAND
3252 W North Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Friday, March 3rd, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Sunday, April 2nd
Angela Davis Fegan: Deep Needle
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Co-Prosperity
3219 S Morgan St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Friday, March 3rd, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Sunday, April 23rd
Voices Embodied Uplifted
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Design Museum of Chicago
72 E Randolph St, Floor 1, Chicago, IL 60601
Opening Friday, March 3rd, from 4:30PM - 6:30PM
On view through Wednesday, March 29th
Short Threads with Larry Gottheim
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Constellation Chicago
3111 N Western Ave, Chicago, IL 60618
Opening Friday, March 3rd, from 8PM - 11PM
The Ground Between Us
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Heaven Gallery
1550 N Milwaukee Ave, Second Floor
Opening Friday, March 3rd, from 7PM - 11PM
On view through Sunday, April 16th
Concentrate and Ask Again
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Heaven Gallery
1550 N Milwaukee Ave, Second Floor, Chicago, 60622
Opening Friday, March 3rd, from 7PM - 11PM
On view through Sunday, April 16th
Alessandra Norman and Liza Jo Eilers: GLORY’S
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Yew Nork
2203 W Erie St, Chicago, IL 60612
Opening Friday, March 3rd, from 8 PM - 11 PM
On view through Thursday, April 13th
IMPACT Performance Festival
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SAIC Galleries
33 E Washington St, Chicago, IL 60602
On view through Sunday, March 5th
Blue Space
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ENGAGE Projects
864 N. Ashland Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, March 3rd, from 5:30 PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, April 1st
Molly Joyce: Perspective
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Curb Appeal Gallery
Email info@curbappeal.gallery for address
Opening Friday, March 3rd, from 6PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, April 22nd
Gretchen Beck: Gan nda Donie Koy
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Epiphany Center for the Arts
201 S Ashland Ave, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Friday, March 3rd, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, April 15th
Nancy Bechtol: no RAIN no RAINBOWS
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ARC Gallery
1463 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60642
On view through Saturday, March 25th
David Bechtol: Through the Eyes of a Traveler
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ARC Gallery
1463 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60642
On view through Saturday, March 25th
Jason Brueck: WALL SPACE
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Jackson Junge Gallery
1389 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago IL 60622
Opening Friday, March 3rd, from 6PM - 10PM
On view through Sunday, April 2nd
Juxtaposed
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Oliva Gallery
3816 W Armitage Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Friday, March 3rd, from 5PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, April 1st
The Body in Practice: An Evening of Performances
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Hyde Park Art Center
5020 S Cornell Ave, Chicago, IL 60615
Opening Thursday, March 2nd, from 6PM - 8PM
On view through Sunday, March 19th
In Conversation WIth Alfred Conteh & Curator Danny Dunson
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Kavi Gupta Gallery
835 W Washington Blvd, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Thursday, March 2nd, from 5:30PM - 7PM
Improvised Music Series: Adasiewicz/Jackson Duo, Lily Finnegan Group
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Elastic Arts
3429 W Diversey Ave, #208, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Thursday, March 2nd, at 8:30PM
Avantika Bawa: simplenothingsimplesomething: Reception
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University Galleries of Illinois State University
103 Uptown Circle, Normal, IL 61761
Opening Thursday, March 2nd, from 4PM - 5PM
On view through Thursday, March 2nd
The Ink Wash Paintings of Shozo Sato
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Krannert Art Museum
500 E Peabody Dr, Champaign, IL 61820
Opening Thursday, March 2nd, from 5PM - 7PM
On view through Friday, December 22nd
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